This books is about a political struggle. The science fictions setting provides the opportunity for unusual political forms, family businesses on the moon manage large sums of money, power, and political will. There is also a religious element which seems a thinly veiled form of Scientology. The plot poses a family unit’s struggle against the combined bureaucracy of the Moon and the Earth. Then there is a wildcard of the religious element, their role isn’t clear through most of the book.
The book opens as the family purchases some cryogenically preserved heads, some of which are recent ancestors of Marco, who is responsible for the family’s financial transactions. His sister, Rho, and her husband have made the purchase with the intent of reading the minds of these heads without restoring them through the use of new technology.
It is difficult to go into more details without giving the plot secrets away. The book is short and wall written. It is a good story, not great.